NMS Founder Tom Silverman and His New Music Business Model in Berklee’s Music Business Journal

NMS Founder Tom Silverman and His New Music Business Model in Berklee’s Music Business Journal

A recent piece by Stephen Marcone in the Berklee Music Business Journal makes it clearer than ever as record sales diminish, the increasing importance in creating a new music business model – both for artists and record companies. From Marcone’s article: One of the most popular models was explained by Tom...

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BMI Partners With Creative Week for Inaugural AMP Awards

There’s no better time than Creative Week in New York City – when advertising, design and digital media converge with the arts – for Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) to drive home its recently launched corporate positioning campaign focused on its leadership, heritage and innovation within the music industry. On Tuesday (May 7th), BMI presented at...

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Slacker’s Relaunch Proves Successful: Adds 6M Users and 100K Subscribers in 3 Months

May 9, 2013 (San Diego, CA) – Since their February relaunch, Slacker announced today they have gained over six million new users and converted 100,000 of those users to paid subscribers. Slacker, the internet-based radio service, redesigned its platform in February with a broader, more mainstream consumer in mind. This included additional...

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Rhapsody Becomes First Digital Service to Provide Liner Notes

May 7, 2013 – (LA) Tuesday at NARM’s Music Biz Conference in LA, Rhapsody International announced a new first for digital music, the addition of liner notes and credits to their digital subscribers. Rhapsody will be the first digital music service to support The Recording Academy’s new “Give The Fans Credit” initiative, which...

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New Music Seminar 2012 Concludes with Inspiring Music Industry Dialogue at Webster Hall, June 17-19

New Music Seminar 2012 Concludes with Inspiring Music Industry Dialogue at Webster Hall, June 17-19

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Tom Silverman on “In The Hot Seat with Larry Leblanc”

If Tom Silverman isn’t the smartest person in the room, you can bet he’ll stand next to the smartest guy, figure him out, and then move on. You see, Silverman—CEO of Tommy Boy Entertainment, and co-director of the New Music Seminar—lives for great music and the chance to analyze people...

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NMS Featured in Billboard.biz

The following is taken from the 1/27/12 Billboard.biz article Optimistic About the Record Business? You’re Not Alone January 27, 2012 By Glenn Peoples, Nashville Optimistic About the Record Business? You’re Not Alone — “I am optimistic,” Tom Silverman wrote in the email that included a link to his latest fact-filled...

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Tom Silverman on the Music Business Resurrection

THE MUSIC BUSINESS RESURRECTION As I sat and planned the program for the June 2012 New Music Seminar, it occurred to me that we are approaching the first anniversary of the music business resurrection. After ten years of decline, the music business hit bottom in the second week of February...

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